[545] Meanwhile three bills, which had been repeatedly discussed in preceding years, and two of which had been carried in vain to the foot of the throne, had been again brought in; the Place Bill, the Bill for the Regulation of Trials in cases of Treason, and the Triennial Bill.
The Place Bill did not reach the Lords.

It was thrice read in the Lower House, but was not passed.

At the very last moment it was rejected by a hundred and seventy-five votes to a hundred and forty-two.

Howe and Barley were the tellers for the minority.

[546] The Bill for the Regulation of Trials in cases of Treason went up again to the Peers.